Combination tool



N. RAEZ Oct 2,1923.

COMBINATION TOOL Filed Feb. 21 1921 gnuwdo o I M75245 Z2462;

attozmcq I Theob-jectflof the invention is to combine I Patented ()ct. 2, i923,

;: u; bass net n t To allwizom it may concern Be it known that I, NIKLAsRAnz, acitizen of the "Unitedistates, residing at St. Jo-

seph, in the-county 01E Bnchananand State I of Missouri, have invented certain new and use'lul. Improvements 'lIl Combination Tools,

of which the following is a Sp i VThis invention relates to compound tools and more particularlyto kitchenutens'ils of,

' recess 13 at its inner'end'vwhichregisters I,

.with therecesslland forms, when thejaws are closed, a closed circular recess, as shown A this character.

' in a single utensil a pie-plate or other pan lifter, a stove-lid lifter, a screw-driver, and

a tack puller. v

Another object is to construct such'an ime plement with gripping jaws so "formed'and arranged that a maximum pan-engaging lifting surface will .be provided, and one of the jaws extended beyond the other. for; this purpose, and also to form a nose to enter a stove-lift socket for lifting the lid,

ith these. and other objects in view, the

invention consists'in certain novelfeatures of construction as hereinafter 'shown and tive of the described andlthen spec-ifically'p'ointed out in the claims; and in the drawingsillustravention, r r

V Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the tool constituting thls invention shown lnre line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustratedfthe"stool constituting this invention comprises a pair of flat-sided crossed levers-or arrnsl andi'2 pivotally connected intermediate their ends, 'f

as-shown at7, the portions at:- the rear of said pivots being arranged edgew1secon- 'stituting handlemjeinbers shaped as shown,

- in Fim-l havin incurved )ortions 3 and 4 midway the length-of saidfmembers to f0 r m a hand grip while the terminals of' said 1 45 levers at their rear endsare provided respec:

tively with 'a screw-driver b12LClQ'5' and a tack-pulling-inernber 6.} i

The portions ofthe levers or arms'in ad- Vance of 'the pivot 7 are also arranged edg wise and each has a'lateral ext-ension on'its inner side face of a thickness corresponding; I V "to that of the other jaw with which it over-f lies thereby forming gripping faces ofdouble width, as is shown clearly in Fig. 2, the jaws being numbered 8 and 9 respectively.

The'j w 9 which is'carried by the lever Dr Y preferred embodiment of the in-;

recesses Hand} 13 Y of the jaws;

fan res to the-longitudinal axisof theari The rectilinear gripping facei lOofqjaw 9 'terminatesfat its inner end witha semiecirs .cu'larrecess 11 extending transversely across w M the jaw face, While'tli'e jaw 8, has 'a similar in F ig, 1, which'is designed to receive the bead or'flange of the edge of the pan or plate to be'lifted; The-rear'portions of the v opposed faces of the aws are spacedapart,

and 1ncl1ned at an obhque'angle extensionof the rectilinear face 10 of said;-

jaw providesgan extended plate or pan en,-

' gaging surface, it beingunderstood that 'when the tool isused for lifting apie plate' 'oriother'pan," it is' reversed from the posi;

tion' shown in 1'; the jaw 8 being arranged uppermostand its free end designed 'to engage the inner face of the flange'of the pie plate, while the jaw 9-;eng'ages theouter; 5' face thereof, the head or flange at the ter minal edgeof'the pie-plateentering the r-e cess formed by the registering semi-circular It is of conrse-jnnderstood that may be constructed of any suitable metal,

be found, useful forthe purposes above set forth. m 1 The preferredembodiment of the inven in the construction without departing from this e01 a r I 1:, preferablyof aluminum, and itmay'be nick Z I i eled or-rfinished in any desired manner form' k ing a rfour-in-one kitchen utensil which will"-' the principle oftheinvention or sacrificing 'i any; of 'its advantages. 7

I' claim} 1. An implementdof" the class described 1 comprising a pair ofpivotally connected I lever j ws with the ends cees decfthe of the two aWs belng spaced apart adjacent 5 to the pivot and there provided with coact- (r recesses spaced from the outer ing matchin meeting ends of the aws.

2; An implement of the elass described comprising a pair of pivotally connected lever jaws with the ends on one side of the pivot angularly arrangedwvith reference to theends on the other side of the pivot and parallel to each other, the gripping faces of the tivo .jaWs being spacedap'art adjacent to the pivot and there provided W1th coasting 'ln'atching recesses spaced from the outer meeting ends of the 1aws, one of said aws extendingrbeyond the end away from the pivot to constltute a nose for enterlng 1nto a stove lid socket.

- In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

N KLAS' RAEZ. 

